Aclare
Aclare
Áth an Chláir | |
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Village | |
Shop and post office in Aclare | |
Aclare Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°02′10″N 8°53′56″W / 54.036°N 8.899°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Sligo |
| Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G410097 |
Aclare (Irish: Áth an Chláir, meaning 'ford of the plain')[1] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It lies within both the civil and Catholic parish of Kilmactigue.[1][2] Aclare village is situated on the Inagh (also spelt "Eignagh") river, a tributary of the River Moy.[3]
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort and enclosure sites in the townlands of Carns, Lislea and Kilmacteige.[4]
Belclare Castle (Irish: Béal an Chláir, meaning 'mouth of the plain'), a ruined castle near the village in Belcare townland, is historically associated with the O'Hara clan.[4][5] The castle is located about half a mile west of Kilmactigue Chapel and was originally built in the 15th century.
The Annals of Ulster and Annals of the Four Masters record that, in 1512, Belclare Castle and Aclare were the site of a battle between the O'Donnells of Donegal and the McWilliam Bourkes of Connacht.[3][6][7]
Transport
Bus Éireann route 479, which operates on Fridays only, links Aclare with Sligo via Tourlestrane, Coolaney and Collooney.[8]
Notable people
- Tommy Fleming, singer, was born in Aclare[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Áth an Chláir/Aclare". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ "Kilmactigue Parish". kilmactigueparish.com. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
Aclare village is the main built-up area of our rural parish
- ^ a b "The return of the native to a Sligo village". westernpeople.ie. 31 May 2025. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ a b Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo. Dublin: Government Stationery Office. 2005. ISBN 0755719425.
- ^ Mason, William Shaw (1816). A Statistical Account, Or Parochial Survey of Ireland, Volume 2. J. Cumming and N. Mahon. pp. 358–359.
- ^ History of Sligo (PDF), p. 149 – via archive.org,
The third castle, that of Belclare [..] fell in the course of time into the hands of the Burkes, between whom and O'Donnell there was a spirited contest for its possession in 1512† [..] †Annals of the Four Masters, 1512
- ^ Annals of the Four Masters - Annal M1511, retrieved 12 November 2025 – via celt.ucc.ie,
war also broke out between O'Donnell and Mac William Burke [..] he [Mac William Burke] marched with all his forces, and surrounded the castle of Bel-an-Chlair, in which O'Donnell had left his warders; but when O'Donnell heard that Mac William was besieging the town, he returned vigorously and expeditiously
- ^ "Route 427 Timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ^ "Ten minutes with... Tommy Fleming". The Irish Post. 21 August 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
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